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Doctor Dolittle's Post Office

By Hugh Lofting

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

A compassionate doctor, who speaks with animals, risks everything to stop slave traders and create a postal system for all creatures in a faraway kingdom.

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2019-02-23
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Summary

"Doctor Dolittle's Post Office" by Hugh Lofting is a charming children's story that follows the animal-loving Doctor Dolittle as he takes on new adventures in Africa. After returning from a trip with his animal friends, Dr. Dolittle learns about Zuzana, whose husband was sold into slavery. Moved by her sorrow, the Doctor sets out to rescue him, enlisting the help of swallows and the British Navy alongside his regular animal compatriots. As he confronts the awful realities of the slave trade, the idea of a unique postal service begins to grow, one that will unite both people and animals in the kingdom of Fantippo. This postal service promises a new era of communication and understanding between all creatures, big and small.

About the Author

Hugh John Lofting was an English American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician to talking animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War. Lofting settled in the United States soon after the war and before his first book was published.

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